Interviewing and Learning from Successful Authors

Tag: bundles

Today, the guys chatted about their experiences with multi-author and solo-author book bundles of existing material and also anthologies of new short stories or novellas. They offered some tips and strategies based on whether you’re looking for more exposure (getting more people into the rest of your series), to make money, or to hit a bestseller list. They also started out answering a few listener questions.

Tonight we interviewed the prolific Anna Hackett, a science fiction romance author from Perth Australia, who has a number of series going. She started with traditional publishing but soon shifted to self-publishing, and she has plenty to talk about for folks who are thinking of adding romance to their science fiction or fantasy.

Here’s some of what we touched on:

Working romance into your science fiction/fantasy — any pitfalls or advantages?

Going from traditional publishing to self-publishing

The benefits of writing in a small niche

Watching successful authors in your niche to see what they’re doing for marketing

Advice for new authors looking to self-publish

Tips for being prolific

What kind of cover art works best for science fiction with romance in it?

Using a free novella to encourage people to sign up for your newsletter

Are blog tours ever worth it?

The challenges of advertising “science fiction romance” when there’s never a category for it on the sponsorship sites such as Bookbub and Ereader News Today